Protection Intern

Hardship Level (not applicable for home-based)

A (least hardship)

Family

Internship

2024-09-23

August 27, 2024

a. Be a recent graduate5 or current student in a graduate/undergraduate school
programme from a university or higher education facility accredited by UNESCO;

b. Have completed at least two years of undergraduate studies in a field relevant or
of interest to the work of the Organization; and

c. Not have immediate relatives (father, mother, brother, or sister) working for
UNHCR as a staff member on any contract type or as an affiliate at the time of
application.

The Protection Intern supports the team’s effort in engaging in advocacy, training, and strengthening capacity of the national refugee and asylum system. The intern also supports monitoring protection standards, operational procedures and practices in protection delivery in line with international standards.

The intern selected to work in this office are expected to show adaptability, flexibility, openness, team spirit, eagerness to learn and to contribute.

Under the supervision of UNHCR Korea Protection Team, Protection Intern supports:
• Provision of information to forcibly displaced and stateless people: support in providing information to forcibly displaced and stateless people via telephone calls, in-person counselling and emails
• Support in communication with various stakeholders such as NGOs and government counterparts.
• Researching: conduct research on various protection-related information including Country of Origin Information (COIs)
• Translations: UNHCR documents, news articles, information for forcibly displaced and stateless people
• Provide support for capacity-building training for government officers conducting Refugee Status Determination
• Participation in meetings and taking meeting notes
• Accompanying staff members to meetings and taking notes and/or interpreting

Further to the tasks mentioned above, other tasks may also be added, according to interest and capability of the intern. The work will be distributed according to the intern’s capability and the office’s workload as needed.

Standard Job Description

Required Languages

English

,

Korean

,

Desired Languages

,

,

Additional Qualifications

Skills

Education

High School (Required)

Certifications

Other information

This position doesn’t require a functional clearance

Home-Based

No